It’s Halloween weekend! The much anticipated time for costume creativity and candy collecting is here. Along with adult boo’ing and brewing and zombie runs comes literature festivals and football fun that you can enjoy with your family. What...

This week brings us closer to Halloween! With a mix of family, friends, and fun here are four events happening in the capital city to celebrate the impending holidays! Bookmark our events page, if you haven’t already done...

This upcoming Friday, October 20th, Baton Rouge’s Big Buddy Program will be hosting an event to bring awareness to the importance and benefits of mentorship. Officially titles as the 19th Annual Day of the Mentor, the event will...

If you haven’t already bookmarked our events page, here’s a brief pause to click over and do so. (pause…) We’re constantly updating our calendar with events that will empower you to beGREAT here in the Baton Rouge metro...

One of the biggest celebrations on every campus around America is homecoming, and for HBCU’s it is without a doubt! Even with Hurricane Nate wanting to rain on the parade (literally), it didn’t stop undergrads and alumnus from showing...

Southern University’s HOT 103 themed homecoming celebration is now in the history books. Hurricane Nate couldn’t stop the celebration of black excellence this weekend. In case you decided to skip-out on a couple of events, could not...

Last night, Southern University had the “Welcome to Studio 87: Coronation Commencement Celebration” to celebrate the coronation of the 87th Homecoming Court Queen. A post shared by patrickmelon (@melontao) on Oct 6, 2017 at 9:07am PDT Nilly Baton...

Are you #TeamLightSkin or #TeamDarkskin? Thanks to the internet we now have countless memes reminding us of the differences in our skin tones and what that supposedly means about us and our “tendencies.” As if we don’t have...

On Thursday, Sept. 7, The Maxine Firm hosted a panel discussion with health professionals about alternative dietary options after the documentary screening of “What The Health,” which criticized the meat industry, as well as reputable health organizations for...

As the racial divide that has always existed in America turns from a deep fissure to a gaping chasm (which side will you choose?), the city of Charlottesville, Va., remains at the center of that divide’s latest incarnation,...